Coin-controlled machine.



(No Model.)

Patented-'lune |01, i902. w. w..nos ENF|ELn. lCOIN CONTRDLLED MACHINE.

. Application med Aug. 1a, 1897.)

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NTED STATES PATENT .FFIOE WILLIAM w. ROSENFIELD, OF NEwfYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE ROSEN- FIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

COIN-CONTROLLED` MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,940, dated J une 10, 1902.

Application filed August 13, ,1897. .Serial No. 648,092. (Noinodel.) l

To @ZZ whom mappen/cern: y I `Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. ROSEN- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and Statev 5 of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Machines, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part'of the same.

machines of the `differentclasses used for vending small packages of material-such as gum, candy/stampa &c.and for various other purposes, the object of the invention I5 being to proyide such a machine which shall be more efficient than those heretofore in use.

As a full understanding of the invention can best be given by a detailed description of a construction embodying thesarnein itsprezo ferred form,such a description will now be given in connection with` the accompanying drawings, which show a construction embodying the invention in the best form now known to meas applied to machines for vend-f. 2 5 ing small packages of material, and inj provided with theA magazine or magazines 10,.

one being shown, in whichthe'packa'ges are supported from below by a stationarysup- 4o port 11, the rear wall of the magazine 10 being cut away at such-a distance above the support as to permit the bottom package to be pushed off the support and out of the magazine, when it will fall onto the inclined 45 plate 12 and may be removed through an Opening in the front of the frame, as usualin such constructions. 4

In front of the magazine and in such a position as to engage the bottom package is 5o mounted the slide a, which I will call the de- This invention relatesto coin-'controlled` i r,ulivery-slide`,'rthe slide -moving on as support formedby the rear bar of a stationary frame y13, which carries the support 11, andupon a stationary'guide-rod b, which is secured in -theframe y13 and passes through an opening in the front end of the slide, the guide-rod b preferably being adjustably and removably mounted in'theframe 13, being shown as held therein by set-'screws 1. Above the delivery- .slide is a spring-plate 14, arranged to press 6 upon a projection 3 on the delivery-slide at the commencement of the delivery ,movements vthus forming a friction-spring, which causes sufcient resistance to the movement of the slide, so that it may not be actuated bya pa- Lpervor light-wood disk inserted instead of a coin, the end of the'operatingslide prefer# ably being pointed, so as to perforate suchnaterial against the resistance of the spring `14. acting upon thedeliveryslide,as described hereinafter.. Y The spring exerts substantially no pressure upon theA slide after the delivery movement isl commenced, the spring preferably being provided,as shown, with a downwardly-bent portion or projection 4.-, that engages theprojection' on theslide.

- Atitsfront end thevdelivery-slide is provided with downwardly-entendingv arms form-v .ing side guides-.6, between which the coin is received, and. having inwardlyprojecting fianges t', against which, the coin `presses to .actuate-the delivery-slide as the coin is pushed iearward'by the operatingfslidatlie coin being supported in front by, a stationary vertical bar 15 and standing edgewise upon la support formed by a tablet, extendingbelow the deliveryfslide and uponwhich the coin moves a'sitdis'pus'hed rearvtfardA for the delivery operation, all as hereinafter ezqilained` The flanges z' are at such a distance v4 apart as to permit a coin narrower than that bywhich it is intended that the/machine shall be lactu-l ated to pass between them, so that VVthe machine cannot be operated by such a narrow coin. This table is preferably arranged, as shown, with its rear end in such position that the coin ispushed off it by the delivery movement, so as to be released from its support Y* and allowed to fall directly downward instead of depending on the coin rolling or tipping 1 off the support, greater certainly of action being thus secured. The bar 15 is provided with a central opening, through which moves what I call the operating-slide c, which preferably consists of a rod pointed at the end, as shown, so as to perforate any disk of paper, wood, or other light material, and thus not operate the delivery-slide. This rod is supported and slides in openings in the stationary bar 16 and the front plate of the frame A and normally extends outside the frame,

lwhere it is provided with a handle d for actuating it by the hand, this handle preferably being hollow, as shown, and inclosing a coiled spring 17, which bears against the handle d and the bar 16, so as to press the handle and operating-slide forward and return it to position after the delivery operation. The operating-slide c carries a pin 7 inside the front bar of a yoke e, extending forward from the delivery-slide a, so as to return the delivery-slide a to position when the operatingslide c is returned by the spring 17. The operating-slide c passes freely through an opening in this yoke, so that it will move rearwardly without moving the yoke with it. The side bars S of this yoke form side supports, which move rearward with the delivery-slide, so as to hold in position a second coin, if a second coin be dropped in the machine before actuation of the latter by a coin previously dropped, the result in such case being that the first coin will be delivered and the delivery-slide returned to position with the second coin, so that it may be actuated again by the latter. It will thus be seen that the operating-slide c when pushed in will pass between the guides G and not actuate the delivery-slide a unless there be a coin or similar piece between these guides, in which case it will by pressure upon the coin push the delivery-slide rearward. The operating-slide is stopped in its rearward motion by the inner shoulder 0f the handle Z striking the bar 16 and stopped in its return by the lower end of the guides 6 striking the inner side of bar 15.

.As shown in the drawings, there is a litt-le lost motion between the inner end of the operating-slide c and the coin y, so that the operating-slide moves rearward a short distance before the delivery-slide is moved with it, and the operating-slide returns forward a short distance on release of the handle (Z after it is pushed infor the delivery operation before the pin 7 engages the yoke c for the return of the delivery-slide. The result of this lost motion between the delivery-slide and operating-slide on the return movement is that the coin is released and allowed to drop by the movement of the operating-slide c awayfroin the delivery-slide, and the failure to drop the coin after it passes olf the table 1 thus prevented.

The table 15 is preferably formed, as shown, with one or more stops 9, two being shown, inclined on the front side, so as to permit the coin to pass them, but square on the rear side,

so as to prevent the return of the coin, and this table is preferably hinged, as shown, so as to permit it to swing downward under the pressure of the coin on the inclined side of the stops 9, the table being normally pressed upward by the spring 19 pressing upon a projection 2O forward of the table-pivot 21, and against which spring the table is pressed downward by the coin. The bar l) is so arranged relatively to the table t that the coin is prevented by the bar from rising sufficiently to ride over the stops 9 without depressing the spring-pressed table t, so that the table must be depressed by the passage of the coin over the stops, and this assures the return of the stops by the spring-pressure upon the table after the coin passes each stop or the end of the table.' By this hinged-table construction the dropping of the coin after it passes the end of the table is assured by the return of the table to normal position after its depression by the coin, thus avoiding fully the difficulty heretofore existing in such machines that the coin may not be dropped ou a quick-delivery movement, but be returned with the delivery'slide, enabling the machine to be operated two or more times by a single com.

The spring-pressed table t may be used with an inclined surface only at the end or the entire surface of the table inclined, the intermediate stops on the table being omitted; but one or more intermediate stops are preferably used, so that the coin is held thereby in case the operating-slide be pushed in only part way, sufficiently to force the coin past the intermediatestops. Theseintermediatestops prevent a package being forced out bya quick short push of the delivery-slide without the retention of the coin, which would permit the operation of the machine two or more times by a single coin.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4- the pivot 21 of the table t is rearward of the line on which the coin is received, the whole table thus being pivoted to swing downward and normally held in its raised position by the spring 19, against which the table is moved by the pressure of the coin on the inclined sides of the stops 9 and end of the table. In the construction shown in Fig. 5 the pivot 21 is in front of the line on which the coin is received, so that the coin falls upon a fixed part of the table and is carried onto the swinging part as it is moved rearward by the operatingslide c, the spring 19 being arranged so as to act as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

One feature of the present invention consists in a table provided with a slot of such width as to permit a coin or other piece of less thickness than the coin by which it is desired that the machine should be operated to pass through and out of the line ot' movement of the operating-slide c, while not permitting coins of the required thickness to pass through, but retaining hem in the line of IIO invention; but in the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 the table t is formed with a slot 23, extending entirely across the table, the bottom 24 of i this'slot'being of such width that a coin or disk entering the slot will roll sidebetween the upper rear side of said slot and wise off the bottom of the slot, so as' to fall into the drawer 25, and the table is so hinged and held in its normal position that the space the bar 15 will permit only a thin coin to pass through it into the slot, a pieceof the desired thickness being supported-so as to'actuate the deliveryslide when the operating-slideis pushed in. In the construction shown in Fig. 5 the slot 24 is in the fixed part of the table t. Obviously, however, the action of n this construction in connection with a thin coin is the same as that of the construction shown in Figs. l to 4.

\ Above the coin-pocket formed by the guides 6, stationary bar 15, and th'e front end of the delivery-slide a is shown the usual chute 22 for the coin, and below the table t and in position to receive the coin when it drops from the end of the table is the usual coin-drawer 25. The coin is received from the chute through a slot in the cover of the case containing the operating mechanism and falls directly into the coin-pocket, the sides ofthe coin pocketl preferably being tapered, as shown,to insure the proper receipt'of the coin. The stationary rod b, passing through the opening in the delivery-'slide above the coin,

it forms a stop fora piece extending abovev the normal path of the coin and prevents the actuation of the machine by a piece of more than the proper height, as anything inserted into the coin-pocket to be engaged by the operating-slide c for beating the machine will be stopped by the rod b if it project into line with the latter.

The operation of the construction will be understood 'from a brief description in con'- nection with the drawings. 'In the normal position of the parts, asl shown in Figs. 1, 2', and 3, the delivery-slide a is in its forward position, so as to engage the bottom package a: in the magazine 10 whenmoved rearward, and the operating-slide c is in its forward position, with the handle d projecting outside the frame and withdrawn a short distance from the delivery-slide and coin. A Vcoin or similar piece being dropped through the chute 22 is guided to fall intoV the position shown in Fig. 1, lying between the guides 6 and resting upon the forward edge of the table t. The handle d is now pushed'in from the outside, and the operating-slide c engages the coin y and by moving it rearward over the table t presses it against the front bar of the delivery-slide c, so as to push the latter with it during the rest of this movement, and thus eject the bottom package a; from the maga# `zine 10. The movementfof the operatingslide andv delivery-slide continues until the" bottom package w is ejected from the maga` zine and coin y moved past the' stops 9 and o the rearward end of the table t, when all clined surface of -the stops 9 and end of the table the table t will be swung downward. on its pivot 2l against the pressurepof spring 19,

ythe parts are in the position shown in 'Figi 4. .As the coin is pressed against the front 'inpermitting the coin to pass the stops and off the table readily, andwhen the coin has thus on the delivery-slide, and thus pass into the drawer 25 without actuating the delivery-slide a. The handle d being now released,the spring v 17 returns the operatingslide c, andy after it has moved a short distance,'so as to release the pressure of its point upon the coin yand insure the dropping'of the latter, if'the pressure of the slide has been sufficient to hold it after leaving'the table t, the pin 7` engages the front bar of the yoke e, and thus returns the delivery-slide. VIf the coin should fail to u drop before the return 'of the delivery-slide and be brought back with the latter, the end l of the tablet will certainly stopthe coinA and slide and prevent the latter being moved forward sufficiently for the delivery ofy another package, and the pushing in of the handle4 again will probably dislodge the coin.

It will be yunderstood that the details of the Iio construction shown may be`varied widely and that the invention Amay be applied invl inachines of many dierent forms and used for different purposes and that the term delivery-slide is used only for convenience, as the slide may perform any desired function other irs than the delivery of goods, as in "thefspecial Vtype of machine chosen for'illu'stration; jIt

will be understood also that the termI coin is used to cover a piecey of anymateriallr character Athat may beused to operate machines embodying the invention.VH While the machine shown employs sliding operating and delivery members and this movement is preferred, certain features of the invention, lconsidered broadly, are applicable also in connection with machines employing other movementsn and are thus claimed. j What is claimed isi 1. The combinationwith an operatingslide,

of a delivery-slide actuated yby, the pressure of the operati ng-slide transmitted through a coin interposed betweeni lthe two, a yielding supe port along which the coin is moved by the slides during the delivery movement of the delivery-slide, said support being provided with a stop permitting the passage of the coin during the delivery movement but preventing retrograde movement thereof, means opposed to the support for engaging the edge of the coin to hold it in engagement with the support and adapted to engage the face of a wider coin to prevent operation of the machine, and connections between the two slides for returning the delivery-slide to normal position after the operating-slide is partially returned, whereby the pressure of the two slides upon the coin is released before the return of the delivery-slide, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an operating-slide, of a delivery-slide actuated by the pressure of the operating-slide transmitted through a coin interposed between the two, a yielding support along which the coin is moved by the slides during the delivery movement of the delivery-slide, said support being provided with a series of stops permitting the passage of the coin during the delivery movement but preventing retrograde movement thereof, means opposed to the support for engaging the edge of the coin to hold it in engagement with the support and adapted to engage the face of a wider coin to prevent operation of the machine, and connections between the two slides for returning the delivery-slide to normal position after the operating-slide is partially returned, whereby the pressure of the two slides upon the coin is released before the return of the delivery-slide, substantially as described.

3. The combination with an operating-slide, of a delivery-slide actuated by the pressure of the operating-slide transmitted through a coin interposed between the two, a pocket in the delivery-slide for receiving the coin, a support along which the coin is moved by the slides during the delivery movement of the delivery-slide, said support being provided with a slit inline with the pocket for the passage of a thin coin and with a stop projecting into the path of movement of the coin and adapted to be depressed thereby during the delivery movement and to then return to normal position to prevent retrograde movement of the coin, and connections between the two slides whereby the delivery-slide is returned to normal posit-ion by the operating-slide, substantially as described.

4. The combination with an operating-slide, of a delivery-slide actuated by the pressure of the operating-slide transmitted through a coin interposed between the two, a pocket in the delivery-slide for receiving the coin and open at its rear end for the discharge of a narrow coin, a support along which the coin is moved by the slides during the delivery movement of the delivery-slide, said support being provided with a slit in line with the coin-pocket for the passage of a thin coin and with a stop projecting into the path of movement of the coin and adapted to be depressed thereby during the delivery movement and to then return to normal position to prevent retrograde movement of the coin, and connections between the two slides whereby the deliveryslide is returned to normal position by the operating-slide, substantially as described.

5. The combination with an operating-slide, of a delivery-slide actuated by the pressure of the operating-slide transmitted through a coin interposed between the two, a pocket in the delivery-slide for receiving the coin, a yielding support along which the coin is moved by the slides during the delivery movement of the deliveryslide,said support being provided with a slit in line with the coin-pocket for the passage of a thin coin and with a stop permitting the passage of the coin during the delivery movement but preventing retrograde movement thereof, means opposed to the support for engaging the edge of the coin to hold it in engagement with the support and adapted to engage the face of a wider coin to prevent operation of the machine, and connections between the two slides whereby the delivery-slide is returned to normal position by the operatingslide,substantially as described.

6. The combination with an operating-slide, of a delivery-slide actuated by the pressure of the operating-slide transmitted through a coin interposed between the two, a pocket in the delivery-slide for receiving the coin and open at its rear end for the discharge of a narrow coin, a yielding support along which the coin is moved by the slides during the delivery movement of the delivery-slide, said support being provided with a slit in line with the coin-pocket for the passage of a thin coin and with a stop permitting the passage of the coin during the delivery movement but preventing retrograde movement thereof, means opposed to the support for engaging the edge of the coin to hold it in engagement with the support and adapted to engage the face of a wider coin to prevent operation of the machine, and connections between the two slides whereby the delivery-slide is returned to normal position by the operating-slide, substantially as described.

7. The combination with delivery-slide a and operating-slide c, of guide-rod b passing through the delivery-slide outside the normal path of the coin, but forming astop for a piece projecting above said path, and coin-support ing yielding table 't in line with the path of movement of the delivery-slide, substantially as described.

8. The combination with delivery-slide a, operating-slide c,and the coin-pocket between said slides, of a stop on the coin-receiving side of the coin-pocket and outside the normal path of a coin moving with the delivery-slide, and coin-supporting yielding table '1f inline with the path of movement of the delivery slide, substantially as described.

9. The combination of an operating member acting through a coin, of a hinged yielding IIO 701,940 Y Y* l 5 table having an inclined stop and also a slot my hand in the presence of two subscribing 23 for a thin coin, substantially as described. Witnesses.

10. The combination with stationary bar l5, of hinged table t arranged with s101323 be- WILLIAM K W ROSENFIELD 5 tween the rear edge of the table and the bar, Witnesses:

substantially as described. C. J. SAWYER,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set T. F. KEHOE. 

